The selected boxers had reached the summit of the ongoing Combined National Talent Hunt competition in Rohtak and will now rub shoulders with the top stars of Indian boxing in the camps and subsequent competitions, informed the Boxing Federation of India (BFI). Given in a press release issued from.
More than 4,000 boxers from sub-junior to senior age groups participated in the 2nd REC Open Talent Hunt competition organized in September by the Boxing Federation of India in collaboration with REC Limited, a premier Maharatna company under the Ministry of Power, and the Sports Authority of India, in two competitions in Noida and Guwahati. Showcase your skills in stages.
The top eight boxers from both the competitions competed in the Combined National Talent Search Competition from October 6-22, followed by elite and youth category and junior and sub-junior category competitions. The initiative aims to grow the sport beyond traditional areas and in the process identify and promote emerging talent and the performance of boxers from different states has underlined the importance of organizing such talent searches.
Boxing Federation of India General Secretary Hemant Kumar Kalita said, “We are extremely happy with the level of competition seen during the second REC Open Talent Hunt competition and the performance of boxers from Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and some other states. The REC Open Talent Hunt received The response has also given us the confidence to take more such initiatives to spread the game and bring out new talent.” As expected, boxers from Haryana dominated the gold medals in both the elite men and elite women categories, but boxers from Manipur, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh also proved that they are capable by winning some gold medals in the competition. are also not easy. The winners and runners-up in the youth men's and women's categories will get direct entry into the national championships and if they perform well there, the doors to national camps will open for them. (ANI)
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